This recent blog posting by Judy Horton comments on Wolfensberger’s April 2010 American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities article entitled “How to Comport Ourselves in an Era of Shrinking Resources.”
The Southern Ontario Training Group hosts SRV and related workshops across Ontario.
Jane Sherwin wrote this insightful article telling a story about her grandmother, and what a difference thinking about valued roles makes in terms of how we perceive others and what good things of life we… Read More »“Keeping Nan at the centre of her life”
In a debate about adding attacks against homeless people under existing hate crime legislation, Rep. Paige Kreegle, R-Punta Gorda (Florida, US) referred to homeless people as ‘bums.’ From the article: Kreegle then noted that he… Read More »Language/imagery: ‘homeless bums’
Social Role Valorization teaches us to consider the image messages sent by certain practices, including how we name our services and programs. We should consider for example: Do service names send messages that the people… Read More »Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Thanks to Bill Forman for bringing this article to my attention. This NY Times article would be a good basis for an instructive exercise on valued and devalued roles, imagery, language, competency or heightened vulnerability,… Read More »What about George?